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Doing good. Face is hardly dry anymore and complexion is looking better. Only my bottom lip keeps drying up, cos I keep licking it AAAAH and I forgot my lipsalve at home so I had to endure bottom lip at uni lol.

So i have 2 small dry bumps on each cheek, 1 bump on forehead, and some jazz going on on my right jawline.

15 days to NYE... I could possibly be clearish if things keep going this way.

I will post a couple of before after pics at the end of this blog but I want to wait till I have the 100% clear pic b4 showing the old ones

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uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh today was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO dry all day. like a leper!

skin still about the same i think, can't really tell.

I hope today was a one off for dryness.. it might be because I used too much of the facial wash the night before, and that really dries me up. So I barely put any tonight and we'll see how that goes. I took my pill at like 4pm today, the latest I've ever taken it. There's a reason why but I'mm too tired to explain right now. Its 2:20 am, been out from 1030am till 2am.

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Went out last night, ended up having 5 or 6 drinks and got home at 6am

Luckily my face was fine today. Even after just 3 hours sleep and not washing/exfoliating before bed. Dry skin not so bad at all today, just my bottom lip. Face is doing good. Its 1000 times better than when I started.

Lets see: Forehead bump v low (it was huge)

Leftcheek bump: v low (it was really huge b4)

Left jawline: smooth (1 small dry 'scab')

Chin: smooth as a babys bottom

Right cheek: 1 TINY bump that I don't think is visible

Right jawline: Couple of small dry 'scabby' thingies, 1 or 2 v small bumps in corner

I do look a bit crappy today though due to 3 hours sleep, But nothing to do with the spots I think!

Doing Well!

Day 1 - Day 96 = 20mg a Day

Day 97 - Day 150 = 40mg a day (20mg morning, 20 mg evening)

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damn. was out again till 5 am and woke up at 8am and I didn't exfoliate and wash face and put the effaclar moisturiser on in the evening for 2nd day in a row and I woke up with 2 whiteheads. Didn't drink any alcohol though.

well won't slip up like this again (other than Xmas eve... and NYE I guess...) because things have been going so well! Complexion kinda so so today.Face quite dry. Both jawlines are practically smooth (other than markings), basically nothing new other than the whitehead on the side of lip (which had been developing since last night and is already dried) and a smaller 1 to the right of cheek (which is also dried up)

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Right now I have just 2 things to complain about, but both of them are bad enough to stop me going out this evening to an important talk by some architect (I'm an architecture student).

1) GIANT GIANT GIANT whitehead on the right side of mouth. When Isay giant i mean GIANT. as in it probably has a heartbeat. it's kind of "dry" though, as in it doesn't feel painful and when I touch it it kind of feels like a 'scab'. I'm exercising complete self control and am not going to forcibly remove it. But I'll be so PISSED OFF if it is still here xmas eve. I'm hoping it goes by tomorrow so I can go do some xmas shopping...

Other than those 2, my jaw is smoothened down! Everywhere is basically smooth or getting there. Complexion so so due to always slapping on moisturiser. Lips dry. COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

NNNNNN FACE GIVE ME THESE NEXT FEW DAYS PLEASE

Day 1 - Day 96 = 20mg a Day

Day 97 - Day 150 = 40mg a day (20mg morning, 20 mg evening)

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Woke up today without much dry skin and it hasn't returned since moisturising!

Also, about the huge pimple... well it was sort of hard like I said and at 1 point the 'stuff' (don't like to say gunk or puss [not that I saw puss {it was more just a little blood}] lol) sort of came out from a little opening at the bottom and I just dabbed it away and today its sort of just a scab. Sounds horrible but it really wasn't. And today it looks much better!

So first of all, no 'fresh' lumps or large ones or remotely painful ones ANYWHERE (except 1 on my back, strangely). I mean if I roll a finger over my face I can feel a couple of slight 'dry' bumps here and there, but nothing bad! I'm amazed at how clear my right jawline is. Its practically smooth!

On a less positive note, I started cracking down to some serious studying. I start 1st semester exams on 17th and I have practically everything to do from scratch. Plus I missed a LOT of lectures because

a) Lazy

b) pimples

c) lazy

d) lazy

So now I have to do at least 6 hours a day if I want to make it... did 7 yesterday. Lets see how it goes today. Any other Architecture and Civil Engineering students here?

Hmm in a typing mood... (probably because I'm in the middle of doing a probability and statistics sheet). But I have no idea what to write. Listening to Nina Simone. OK I'm going to start rambling. This is why I always leave things to the last minute with uni work... procrastination. Last week I was finishing off my assignment (that we had a month to do) in the lesson as he was collecting them lol.

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its 2:20am.. so I guess it's technically day 48 but anywho, I jsut got back from xmas eve partying, which was surprisingly fun

Bit tired so won't say much. Well dryness better today, although bottom lip still gets very dry. I hv 1 small whitehead on left cheek, hopefully that will be gone by 2morrow. Otherwise, pretty much the same. Got 1 bump on right jawline but its not that big so I won't complain... just hope it goes by tomorrow (wishful thinking). It hurts if i tocuh it.

I think I'll be clear in a couple of weeks... just gotta get through these last days...

god im sleepy............................ so tired. But as I said before I procrastinate... even about things like going to bed. I hate going to bed (although I love it when I;m in bed) and I hate getting up in the morning. Worst combination!

Er so ye spots.. um, chances of being clear by NYE? probably not, since red marks take time to fade... but if I'm like today (or better) I won't feel too self conscious.

Well whoever is still reading this, happy christmas, etc! when people ask me what I want for christmas, i THINK 'clear skin' and I'm sure many of you have thought the exact same thing! I'm rambling.

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Just got back from pharmacy with 10 fresh little red pills. Took one now. I decided not to take 2 today, and just count today as day 48 instead of yesterday. AFterall... what's 1 more day ? Nothing really.

Still kinda dry, complexion wasn't very good yesterday. Got 1 small bump on each jawline... well not really a bump, but it feels raw when I touch. But not doing too bad. Gotta start studying hard because I'm going to fail all my exams!

left jawline: clear except ONE small bump (Tht hurts if i touch) at the farrrrrr end.

However, complexion is so so and red marks are not go go (ing)

But my mood is a bit low today cos of exams and stuff and staying in and studying and siiiiiiiigh....

Well I'm certain I won't be clear by NYE lol but i HOPE it won't be a dry day and if i'm lucky I'll have no lumps

Studied 12 hours yesterday and managed to just summarise 2 chapters of surveying. Here's my workload (these are the actual subjects, then we have the whole design part of the course, which is even more time conusiming)

Red means I covered that chapter(once), green is what I plan to do today....

Anyway, my pic is a few days old and i know I look clear in it but my face was flooded with light, hiding the stuff. But in black and white the red marks don't really show and that's what makes me look bad! I wish the world could be black and white for a few months.

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New bench mark! Day 50! Well technically day 51, but I won't count the day I missed the pill...

so 50 pills! Wooo!

COmplexion good today. Had barely any dry skin when I woke up. Same things on my face: big bump and 2 little pimples(?, theyre small, red, hurt, but not bumps or whiteheads) on left cheek, 1 painful lump on left jawline, and some bumps on right jawline.

Forehead bump is practically flat.

By the way when I say 'clear' I don't mean clear of EVERYTHING, there may still be marks etc, I just mean clear of active pimples.

Getting into the swing of studying... did 12 hours yesterday again... and did 1 chapter lol. In 3 hours today I almost finished the 2nd chapter which is twice as long!

Ah well better get back to it. I think January is gonna fly by because of exam stress, and then Feb is my last month so I'll hopefully be clear by then! I was looking at photos from day 4 when I was in my initial breakout and I LOOKED TERRRIBLE. Seriously, don't know how I got through it.

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Well I had a shit time at my NYE party. Not skin related, I'm doing okay these past few days... just sick related. I NEEEED to get better so I can continue studying 8 hours a day otherwise I haven't got a chance in hell in passing or even finishing in time!

Other than, skin doing good, things going down. I think if I don't get any nasty new surprises I'll be "clear" by day 60 other than red marks. One can only hope!